SiO2/TiO2 hybrid nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning and applied for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB). The phase structure, specific surface area, and surface morphologies of the SiO2/TiO2 hybrid nanofibers were characterized through thermogravimetry (TG), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), etc. XRD measurements indicated that doping of silica into TiO2 nanofibers can delay the phase transition from anatase to rutile and decrease the grain size. SEM and BET characterization proved that silica doping can remarkably enhance the porosity of the SiO2/TiO2 hybrid nanofibers. The MB adsorption capacity and photocatalytic activity of the SiO2/TiO2 hybrid nanofibers were distinguished experimentally. It was found that, although increased silica doping content could enhance the MB adsorption capacity, the intrinsic photocatalytic activity gradually dropped. The SiO2 (10 %)/TiO2 composite nanofibers exhibited the highest MB degradation rate, being superior to SiO2 (20 %)/TiO2 or pure TiO2. 相似文献
Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology - CuCo2O4 spinel nanoparticles were successfully preparedvia a sol–gel method, which were firstly employed in catalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol to... 相似文献
In this work, ultrafine Cu1.5Mn1.5O4 spinel nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a sol–gel method combined with two complexing agents, which was firstly employed in the reductive transformation from p-nitrophenol into p-aminophenol. The effect of calcination temperature on the crystal phase and microstructure of Cu1.5Mn1.5O4 nanoparticles was investigated in this article. It was found that Cu1.5Mn1.5O4 nanoparticles with pure spinel phase can be obtained at 500 °C with the help of EDTA acid–citric acid complexing agents. Below 500 °C, there exists some Mn2O3 impure phase. SEM characterization indicated that the particle size of the spinel Cu1.5Mn1.5O4 rapidly increases above 600 °C. The catalytic experimental results show that the Cu1.5Mn1.5O4 nanoparticles prepared at 500 °C exhibit the highest catalytic activity which is even superior to some precious metal catalysts. With the calcination temperature increasing, the catalytic activity of Cu1.5Mn1.5O4 spinel nanoparticles gradually degrades which can be ascribed to the particle size growth of Cu1.5Mn1.5O4. It can also be observed that all the oxide samples, namely CuO, Mn2O3 and Cu1.5Mn1.5O4, possess certain catalytic ability for the transformation from p-nitrophenol into p-aminophenol. However, the catalytic activity of Cu1.5Mn1.5O4 spinel nanoparticles is obviously higher than CuO and Mn2O3. Especially, Mn2O3 alone has very poor catalytic activity in the reduction of p-nitrophenol.